Posted on 03/28/2007 1:49:48 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer
“We’ve seen reports coming in from all around the country that animals that were eating the contaminated foods are definitely suffering from renal failure,” said Dr. Steven Hansen, veterinary toxicologist and senior vice president with the ASPCA, who manages the ASPCA’s Midwest Office, including the APCC. “But the data that we’ve been collecting do not conclusively prove this connection, which is why we strongly recommend that those involved in the investigation continue to search for additional contaminants.”
(Excerpt) Read more at petconnection.com ...
I think any chemist on here would be disgusted, embarrassed, and ashamed to ever make a statement to the effect,
"We have no idea how to run an analysis, because even though the sample preparation protocols are published all over the Web and available in minutes to a Google search performed by a Mongoloid Idiot, the most basic primary step in an analysis is just so far beyond us that we are helpless. We have no clue where to begin, because we did not particulary like Analtyic Chem - it was so tedious, and interfered with our drinking.
We were able to land these jobs, somehow, and now, it's all going to fall down."
I am ashamed to have majored in Chemistry. It just HAS to be the renormed SAT scores, it must be.....
Thank you for your concern.
Found this interesting blog where people were losing their pets before they did the testing.
http://www.bigskyblog.com/index.php/2007/03/17/pet-food-recall
It is very sad for all concerned.
Thank you kimmer.
To think I was treating him royally and here it was rat poison, unreal to me.
"What I would like to know from everyone what IS THE BEST dogfood {DRY} out there."
This is simply the best dry manufactured. - shipped direct from mfg.
http://www.balancediet.com/
You must keep unused pouches frozen - no preservatives.
For the best diet period - BARF your animal. http://www.barfworld.com/
Rocket fuel ... http://www.greentripe.com/
I find most "pet" owners too cheap to take total responsibility for their animals well being - this stuff is pricy compared to the junk most animals are fed.
Do you really love your animal or is it just a fashion statement?
Here is a link to a pic of my 10 1/2 year old GSD who had been on these 3 items most of his life. http://www.mysafetyofprincipal.com/ according to his vet @ 116 lbs he was the equivalent of a 110 year old human at this time.
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I'm so sorry to hear that.
On the advice of our breeder, we switched our dogs from Nutro over to Abady seven years ago, thank goodness. It seems that feeding a BARF (raw food) diet may not be such a bad idea either.
What a sad, sad thing this has been for so many people and their beloved pets.
We have a cat who was throwing up blood several months ago ...we could find nothing wrong with her ....she seems better now ...how would I know if it was related to her food?
Yeah, you'd think since pet food manufacturers can figure out how to manage the "sticky, gummy" problem, chemists working in toxicology labs would be able to as well.
Were you feeding the cat any of the recalled foods.
The vomitting and blood is one of the symptoms.
go to http://www.petconnection.com/ and there on the blogs it tell you what all the symptoms are.
Even if the dog or cat gets bad breath, blood in stool, excess water drinking, etc.
Gee, you want to get wet flour into solution, hey, how about adding more solution.
What did he spend his degree on, making meth?
Thanks for all the info. I'm going to check it out.
I have a regular size freezer and keep it pretty full since I live in a small town.
Your dog is beautiful!
BTW, we signed on to FR on the same day. Small world. :)
American companies have such a burden on producing products but testing on the consumer seems to be the government position with imports from abroad.
Half to admit the same thought has crossed my mind.
I'm still wondering how the salmonella got into the Peter Pan peanut butter. What ever became of that?
Here's my theory.
It was deliberate.
Why kill cats and dogs?
As a test to see how difficult it would be to drop poisons into a food processing plant to kill people. If they can accomplish it with animals, then people won't be as difficult.
Thank you.
Ya think they would stop the outsourcing even then?
Good point.
"tinfoil hat on: This is a terrorist practice run. It they succeed in contaminating pet food, then they will go for people food. :tinfoil hat"
Those were my exact thoughts when recall came out, but everyone I talked to said, Oh you would think that.
Thanks for not leaving me out there by myself.
Ping.
In early January, both my Manx cat and Siberian Husky began drinking more water than usual and were lethargic. The Manx started urinating in places other than his litter box. He's never done that before. Alyeska, the Husky, was dropping huge chunks of fur and vomiting. She does that shedding every spring, but never in January. I took them to our wonderful vet. After some blood work and urinalysis, she said, "Whatever you are feeding them, stop right now." I changed their diet to dry food and table scraps (they love that} and are fine now.
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